The Abdel El-Shaarawi Early Investigator (AEEI) Award was established by the TIES Board in order to recognize and honor early investigators who have made outstanding contributions to the development of statistical and/or quantitative approaches for research in the environmental sciences.

The prestigious AEEI award 2024 is granted to a researcher, who is a TIES member for years 2023 and 2024, and has received their PhD within 12 years of the submission deadline (16^th of February 2024) for nominations.

The ceremony will be at the TIES2024 Conference after the nominee’s scientific presentation.  

The award carries with it: a certificate and free registration for the TIES 2024 conference.

The award is made solely based on nominations received by the President of TIES before 16^th February 2024.

The following are the criteria for assessing outstanding contributions made by a nominee, with weights provided.

• (30%) Outstanding contribution to environmental statistical and quantitative research with quality and impact as proved by the number and the reputation level of publications in the statistical literature.
• (30%) Strong interdisciplinary work for solving important environmental problems, as proved by high reputation interdisciplinary publications and research projects.
• (20%) Contribution to the Environmetrics community, as proved by the organisation of courses and conferences, and professional development in the field of Environmetrics.
• (20%) Contribution to TIES, as proved by, for example, number of years of membership, participation to TIES conferences or courses, organisation of TIES conferences/courses or invited sessions, contributions to the board.

The nomination form, which includes information on the requirements for the nomination and submission details, is available at the following link:

Link to the nomination word form.